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Nice Story on Our Regenexx Network Chicago Provider Mitch Sheinkop!

The Chicago Tribune recently did a very nice piece of one of our Chicago Regenexx Network orthopedic stem cell providers, Mitch Sheinkop. Mitch often describes himself as a recovering orthopedic surgeon, meaning that for the most part he’s given up the scalpel in favor of needle based interventional orthopedics to offer his patients more advanced…read more

Hyperbaric Oxygen and Stem Cells

I get asked all the time by patients about hyberbaric oxygen and stem cells. Should they use Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to help their stem cells before or after a procedure? The answer is regrettably complex and subtle. HBOT uses oxygen at higher than normal pressures to drive it into tissues that have poor blood…read more

Golf Legend Nancy Lopez Treated with Regenexx Procedure!

Regenexx Network provider Dr. Kruse in Toledo treats and helps golf legend Nancy Lopez using the Regenexx-SD knee stem cell procedure.

Watch a Knee Stem Cell Injection Review in 10 Seconds!

I last blogged about this patient in October of 2014 after she had a second knee stem cell injection through Dr. Rob Kramberg, one of our NY/NJ Regenexx Network providers. Despite her patello-femoral arthritis, she’s now performing the Hang Power Clean and Snatch for 35 reps in CrossFit! She’s taking it slow, so we’ll have…read more

Multifidus function in a Quick 1 Minute Video!

The multifidus is an important little stabilizer muscle that lives in your back and neck. Recently I’ve blogged on how important this muscle is for recovery from neck pain. In the past I’ve posted videos that show it’s function in the low back. This morning I’ve posted a video showing the multifidus function in the…read more

What’s the Definition of Stem Cell Therapy?

I’ve just returned from a conference in Florida where I was in charge of organizing and then herding cats for a pre-conference track on stem cells. One of the recurring themes of the day was that some of the participants kept trying to reclassify things that clearly weren’t a stem cell therapy, as stem cell…read more

Tylenol Blunts Emotional Sensitivity

Sometimes, things have unintended consequences.  We are all familiar with the medication commercials that show smiling people doing wonderful active things with loved ones…and the voiceover at the end of the commercial with someone speaking almost too quickly to make out, informing you that this miraculous drug can cause suicidal thoughts, heart problems, fainting and susceptibility…read more